As it's a long offseason, I thought this would be a bit of fun especially leading into the trade period. Logically Maverick Weller seemed a logical place to start as a much maligned player that's potentially now up for trade.

It's been a tough year for Mav Weller... he was an absolute lock in 2016, IMO a top 10 player, and his performance was rewarded with elevation into the leadership group.

What happened in 2017 I don't know.

The best way to describe his season... ineffective. He was amongst the worst culprits for missing shots at goal, he didn't get a ton of the ball, his opponents ran off him, he seemed less effective as a pressurer.On and on it went.

There were regular reports that Mav was impaired with an ankle injury... yet he practically played the entire season and even when dropped, he played in the VFL.

As such this aura/mythos developed that he was somehow seen as indispensable amongst the coaching staff, and as fans we stretched to find reasons as to why he was still bring selected...The end result: someone came up with the notion that Mav does the infamous 'blocking and guarding space' routine as well as Andrew McQualter did back in the day.

The key stats are as follows:

He played 18 games, averaged 17 disposals (8k, 9hb), kicked 8g.11b

But look at the numbers more closely5 of 8 goals were kicked before round 7One game he kicked 0.3 behinds

He got above 20 disposals just 3 times this season and keep in mind that his average disposals was inflated by the 28d he got in the training run vs Hawthorn

Tackles... averaged 3 a game however on break down, he was very hot and cold. Two games he laid 7 tackles, one with 6 and two with 5. Most games he had 2 or less tackles.

So upon considering all of this... my conclusion is, help me out here. What on earth were the coaching staff seeing here?I just don't see it. From where I stand, they played an obviously injured player ahead of guys like White (who often played better) or trying guys like Savage on a HFF... and all the coaching staff achieved with Mav this season is they've destroyed his reputation completely.

He went from a lock to being highly disliked amongst fans.

What do others think?How does he move forward?Can we try something new?What's he worth?

Con Gorozidis wrote:Not sure how an injured ankle makes you ignore team-mates in the clear, be selfish and hungry and make terrible decisions.I guess the inflammation in the ankle spreads to the brain?

Why bump a thread that's been silent for a fortnight?

Con Gorozides isn't a troll, he has opinions like we all do.If you disagree with him and attack personallyrather than use logic and facts,you're either lazy or your comment can be viewed as trolling.

Con Gorozidis wrote:Not sure how an injured ankle makes you ignore team-mates in the clear, be selfish and hungry and make terrible decisions.I guess the inflammation in the ankle spreads to the brain?